2015 Memorial Cup

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2015 Memorial Cup
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Tournament details
Venue(s) Colisée Pepsi
Quebec City, Quebec
DatesMay 22–31, 2015
Teams4
Host team Quebec Remparts (QMJHL)
TV partner(s) Sportsnet, TVA Sports
Final positions
Champions Oshawa Generals (OHL) (5th title)
Tournament statistics
Attendance79,930
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The 2015 Memorial Cup (branded as the 2015 Mastercard Memorial Cup for sponsorship reasons) was a four-team round-robin format tournament that began on 22 May and ended on 31 May, 2015. It was the 97th Memorial Cup championship and determined the champion of the Canadian Hockey League (CHL). The tournament was hosted by the Quebec Remparts of Quebec City, Quebec, who won the right to host the tournament over a bid by the Chicoutimi Saguenéens. [1] They were joined by the WHL champion Kelowna Rockets, the OHL champion Oshawa Generals, and the QMJHL champion Rimouski Océanic.

Contents

Since the inclusion of the host team in the Memorial Cup format in 1983, the 2015 edition of the Memorial Cup is the only tournament in which all four of the participating teams had previously won the Memorial Cup. The Oshawa Generals won four in 1939, 1940, 1944 & 1990, the Quebec Remparts won two in 1971 & 2006, the Kelowna Rockets won in 2004, and the Rimouski Océanic won in 2000.

The tournament ended with the Oshawa Generals winning their fifth Memorial Cup with an overtime win over the Kelowna Rockets 2–1 in the championship game. This final game of the tournament was also the last competitive hockey game played in the Colisée Pepsi before the Remparts move to the Videotron Centre in September 2015.

Round-robin standings

The Memorial Cup trophy Memorial Cup at the 2015 championship.jpg
The Memorial Cup trophy
PosTeamPldWLGFGAGDPtsPCTPIM
1 Oshawa Generals (OHL)330118361.00025Advanced directly to the championship game
2 Kelowna Rockets (WHL)31211922.33363Advanced to the semifinal game
3 Rimouski Océanic (QMJHL)3121011−12.33340
4 Quebec Remparts (QMJHL/Host)312812−42.33348Advanced to the semifinal game
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: [ citation needed ]

Kelowna, Rimouski, and Quebec finished tied for second in points. Based on the rules for 2015, the tiebreaker was a two-step process. Results from the games against Oshawa were removed and the teams' remaining goals for, divided by the sum of their goals for plus goals against, were calculated. This resulted in Kelowna (10/[10+7]=0.59) advancing directly to the semi-final (and receiving home ice advantage). In the second step, Quebec defeated Rimouski in a sudden-death tiebreaker game to advance to the semi-final. [2]

Note: Quebec had finished behind Rimouski in the round robin when applying the new total-goal-index calculation, or the goal differential, or their round robin loss to Rimouski.

Schedule

All times local (UTC −5) [3]

Round robin

May 22 Kelowna Rockets 3 – 4 Quebec Remparts Colisée Pepsi Recap  
No scoringFirst period5:18 - Nikolas Brouillard (1)
Nick Merkley (1) - sh - 17:56Second period13:22 - Matt Murphy (1)
Gage Quinney (1) - pp - 12:43
Leon Draisaitl (1) - pp - 19:24		Third period2:08 - sh - Ryan Graves (1)
18:56 - en - Adam Erne (1)
Jackson Whistle 27 saves / 30 shotsGoalie stats Zachary Fucale 26 saves / 29 shots
May 23 Rimouski Océanic 3 – 4 Oshawa Generals Colisée Pepsi Recap  
15:26 - Tyler Boland (1)
16:10 - Alexis Loiseau (1)		First period Tobias Lindberg (1) - 4:07
Michael Dal Colle (1) - 9:27
No scoringSecond period Stephen Desrocher (1) - 18:33
3:46 - pp - Jan Kostalek (1)Third period Hunter Smith (1) - 9:24
Philippe Desrosiers 33 saves / 37 shotsGoalie stats Ken Appleby 19 saves / 22 shots
May 24 Quebec Remparts 4 – 5OT Oshawa Generals Colisée Pepsi Recap  
Raphaël Maheux (1) - 5:43First period2:18 - Michael McCarron (1)
12:40 - Michael Dal Colle (2)
Ryan Graves (2) - 2:45Second periodNo scoring
Dmytro Timashov (1) - pp - 5:39
Dmytro Timashov (2) - 8:48		Third period2:34 - Dakota Mermis (1)
17:51 - pp - Tobias Lindberg (2)
No scoringFirst overtime period18:07 - Stephen Desrocher (2)
Zachary Fucale 45 saves / 50 shotsGoalie stats Ken Appleby 21 saves / 25 shots
May 25 Rimouski Océanic 3 – 7 Kelowna Rockets Colisée Pepsi Recap  
Christopher Clapperton (1) - 15:14
Michael Joly (1) - pp - 18:14		First period0:52 - Nick Merkley (2)
6:16 - Madison Bowey (1)
14:27 - Gage Quinney (2)
No scoringSecond period1:52 - pp - Gage Quinney (3)
10:42 - Nick Merkley (3)
13:18 - Leon Draisaitl (2)
Frederik Gauthier (1) - pp - 13:36Third period14:16 - sh - Leon Draisaitl (3)
Louis-Philip Guindon 17 saves / 22 shots
Philippe Desrosiers 12 saves / 14 shots		Goalie stats Jackson Whistle 28 saves / 31 shots
May 26 Oshawa Generals 2 – 1 Kelowna Rockets Colisée Pepsi Recap  
No scoringFirst periodNo scoring
Cole Cassels (1) - 4:15
Tobias Lindberg (3) - 17:16		Second period18:11 - Gage Quinney (4)
No scoringThird periodNo scoring
Ken Appleby 20 saves / 21 shotsGoalie stats Jackson Whistle 27 saves / 29 shots
May 27 Quebec Remparts 0 – 4 Rimouski Océanic Colisée Pepsi Recap  
No scoringFirst period14:36 - Justin Samson (1)
19:05 - Michael Joly (2)
No scoringSecond period5:36 - pp - Christopher Clapperton (2)
12:40 - pp - Alexis Loiseau (2)
No scoringThird periodNo scoring
Zachary Fucale 21 saves / 25 shots
Callum Booth 17 saves / 17 shots		Goalie stats Philippe Desrosiers 27 saves / 27 shots

Playoff round

Tiebreaker

May 28 Quebec Remparts 5 – 2 Rimouski Océanic Colisée Pepsi Recap  
Jerome Verrier (1) - pp - 17:19First periodNo scoring
Anthony Duclair (1) - 3:58
Adam Erne (2) - 16:54
Jerome Verrier (2) - 19:19		Second period2:32 - pp - Samuel Morin (1)
16:07 - Jeremy Lepine (1)
Marc-Olivier Roy (1) - 11:31Third periodNo scoring
Zachary Fucale 30 saves / 32 shotsGoalie stats Philippe Desrosiers 26 saves / 31 shots

Semi-final

May 29 Quebec Remparts 3 – 9 Kelowna Rockets Colisée Pepsi Recap  
Adam Erne (3) - 3:11First period9:51 - Chance Braid (1)
No scoringSecond period0:17 - pp - Leon Draisaitl (4)
3:23 - pp - Justin Kirkland (1)
4:06 - Justin Kirkland (2)
16:46 - Josh Morrissey (1)
Anthony Duclair (2) - 0:21
Dmytro Timashov (3) - 6:45		Third period2:17 - Rourke Chartier (1)
2:54 - Cole Linaker (1)
13:26 - pp - Tyson Baillie (1)
14:48 - Rourke Chartier (2)
Zachary Fucale 35 saves / 44 shotsGoalie stats Jackson Whistle 20 saves / 23 shots

Final

May 31 Kelowna Rockets 1 – 2OT Oshawa Generals Colisée Pepsi Recap  
Tomas Soustal (1) - 15:08First periodNo scoring
No scoringSecond period13:50 - Anthony Cirelli (1)
No scoringThird periodNo scoring
No scoringFirst overtime period1:28 - Anthony Cirelli (2)
Jackson Whistle 24 saves / 26 shotsGoalie stats Ken Appleby 37 saves / 38 shots

Statistical leaders

Skaters

PlayerTeamGPGAPtsPIM
Leon Draisaitl Kelowna Rockets543712
Adam Erne Quebec Remparts53366
Michael Joly Rimouski Océanic42462
Tyson Baillie Kelowna Rockets51560
Madison Bowey Kelowna Rockets515610
Gage Quinney Kelowna Rockets54150
Tobias Lindberg Oshawa Generals43250
Nick Merkley Kelowna Rockets532514
Michael Dal Colle Oshawa Generals42350
Alexis Loiseau Rimouski Océanic42350

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes

Goaltending

This is a combined table of the top goaltenders based on goals against average and save percentage with at least sixty minutes played. The table is sorted by GAA.

PlayerTeamGPWLOTLSAGAGAASV%SOTOI
Ken Appleby Oshawa Generals44009792.08.9150260
Jackson Whistle Kelowna Rockets5221139132.60.9060300
Philippe Desrosiers Rimouski Océanic4120109113.23.8991204
Zachary Fucale Quebec Remparts5221180234.75.8720291

GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; SV% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts; TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds)

Awards

Goaltender: Ken Appleby, Oshawa Generals
Defence: Madison Bowey, Kelowna Rockets; Ryan Graves, Quebec Remparts
Forwards: Nick Merkley, Kelowna Rockets; Michael McCarron, Oshawa Generals; Michael Dal Colle, Oshawa Generals

Rosters

Road to the Cup

WHL Playoffs

Conference Quarter-finals Conference Semi-finals Conference Finals WHL Championship
            
E1 Brandon 4
C5 Edmonton 1
E1 Brandon 4
E2 Regina 1
E2 Regina 4
E3 Swift Current 0
E1 Brandon 4
Eastern
C1 Calgary 1
C1 Calgary 4
C4 Kootenay 3
C1 Calgary 4
C2 Medicine Hat 1
C2 Medicine Hat 4
C3 Red Deer 1
E1 Brandon 0
B1 Kelowna 4
B1 Kelowna 4
W2 Tri-City 0
B1 Kelowna 4
B2 Victoria 1
B2 Victoria 4
B3 Prince George 1
B1 Kelowna 4
Western
U2 Portland 2
U1 Everett 4
W1 Spokane 2
U1 Everett 1
U2 Portland 4
U2 Portland 4
U3 Seattle 2

OHL Playoffs

Conference Quarter-finals Conference Semi-finals Conference Finals OHL Championship
            
1 Oshawa 4
8 Peterborough 1
1 Oshawa 4
5 Niagara 1
2 Barrie 4
7 Belleville 0
1 Oshawa 4
Eastern Conference
3 North Bay 2
3 North Bay 4
6 Kingston 0
2 Barrie 1
3 North Bay 4
4 Ottawa 2
5 Niagara 4
E1 Oshawa 4
Note: Pairings are re-seeded after the first round.
W2 Erie 1
1 Sault Ste. Marie 4
8 Saginaw 0
1 Sault Ste. Marie 4
4 Guelph 0
2 Erie 4
7 Sarnia 1
1 Sault Ste. Marie 2
Western Conference
2 Erie 4
3 London 4
6 Kitchener 2
2 Erie 4
3 London 0
4 Guelph 4
5 Owen Sound 1

QMJHL Playoffs

Round 1 Quarter-finals Semi-finals President's Cup Championship
            
1 Rimouski 4
16 Victoriaville 0
1 Rimouski 4
14 Gatineau 1
2 Moncton 4
15 Chicoutimi 1
1 Rimouski 4
6 Val-d'Or 0
3 Blainville-Boisbriand 2
14 Gatineau 4
2 Moncton 4
12 Halifax 3
4 Quebec 4
13 Cape Breton 3
1 Rimouski 4
Note: Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second rounds.
4 Quebec 3
5 Shawinigan 3
12 Halifax 4
4 Quebec 4
9 Charlottetown 0
6 Val-d'Or 4
11 Rouyn-Noranda 2
2 Moncton 0
4 Quebec 4
7 Baie-Comeau 4
10 Saint John 1
6 Val-d'Or 4
7 Baie-Comeau 3
8 Sherbrooke 2
9 Charlottetown 4

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